The NPD Group which tracks video game software and hardware sales in the United States have published the results for May 2021. The Nintendo Switch remains the No.1 console and the Kyoto-based company has seven games on the top 20 chart, which is fairly impressive. The best-selling game for May was Capcom’s latest Resident Evil game, Resident Evil Village. Here’s the top ten games for May 2021.
May 2021 NPD: The top 20 best-selling games of the month in the U.S.
NPD tracks physical sales at retailers, but it also gets digital data directly from publishers. But not every company participates. For example, Nintendo doesn’t share its first-party sales, and Activision Blizzard does not provide its Battle.net sales.
| Rank | Last Month Rank | May 2021 Top 20 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales | Publisher |
| 1 | NEW | Resident Evil: Village | Capcom USA |
| 2 | 1 | MLB: The Show 21^ | Sony (Corp) |
| 3 | 2 | Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 4 | 3 | New Pokemon Snap* | Nintendo |
| 5 | 6 | Mortal Kombat 11 | Warner Bros. Interactive |
| 6 | 10 | Mario Kart 8 * | Nintendo |
| 7 | 8 | Returnal | Sony (Corp) |
| 8 | 15 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons* | Nintendo |
| 9 | 14 | Minecraft | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 10 | 11 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 11 | 12 | Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Sony (Corp) |
| 12 | 13 | Super Mario 3D World* | Nintendo |
| 13 | 17 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* | Nintendo |
| 14 | 9 | It Takes Two | Electronic Arts |
| 15 | NEW | Biomutant * | Nordic Games |
| 16 | 18 | Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla | Ubisoft |
| 17 | 7 | Monster Hunter: Rise | Capcom USA |
| 18 | 20 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* | Nintendo |
| 19 | 19 | Pokemon: Sword/Shield* | Nintendo |
| 20 | 247 | Days Gone | Sony (Corp) |
| * Digital sales not included | |||
| ^ Xbox Digital sales not included |
May 2021 NPD: Top 10 best-selling Nintendo games in the U.S.
| Rank | Last Month Rank | May 2021 Top 10 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales | Publisher |
| 1 | 1 | New Pokemon Snap* | Nintendo |
| 2 | 3 | Mario Kart 8 * | Nintendo |
| 3 | 5 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons* | Nintendo |
| 4 | 4 | Super Mario 3D World* | Nintendo |
| 5 | 7 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* | Nintendo |
| 6 | 2 | Monster Hunter: Rise | Capcom USA |
| 7 | 9 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* | Nintendo |
| 8 | 8 | Pokemon: Sword/Shield* | Nintendo |
| 9 | NEW | Ithopia * | Nintendo |
| 10 | 10 | Super Mario Party* | Nintendo |
| * Digital sales not included |
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